Voting Comparison

Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.

vs
6804 shared votes
85%
agreement
5794 agreed · 1010 diverged
6804 shared votes

Agreement Trend over Time

Agreement rate per year (years with ≥2 shared votes). Click a point or year label to filter the vote list below.

Position Matrix

How often each combination of positions occurred across all shared votes.

Peru
Panama Yes No Abstain
Yes 5571 12 238
No 32 6 34
Abstain 345 2 199

green = same position   amber = different position

Breakdown by Voeten Topic

Agreement rate per issue area (Voeten dataset, GA resolutions only). Dashed line shows overall agreement rate.

Middle East
78% 701/896
Nuclear/Arms
90% 521/579
Colonialism
83% 465/563
Human Rights
79% 609/773
Economic Dev.
89% 437/491
Disarmament
93% 724/779
Overall
85% 5794/6804

Most Divergent Votes

Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.

Resolution Panama Peru Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no abstain 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
abstain yes 91 / 59 / 10
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
yes abstain 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
no abstain 109 / 56 / 10
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Tr…
1984
yes abstain 106 / 55 / 19

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
no 94 / 71 / 23
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1997
yes 96 / 58 / 12
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1995
yes 91 / 57 / 21